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History · Lattimore

Lattimore’s post office opened in 1886, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Lattimore began

When was Lattimore founded?

1886

The Lattimore post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 406140 years
Founding year: the first Lattimore post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Lattimore’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Lattimore are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lattimore’s history is told.

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The story

How Lattimore came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Lattimore.

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A post office called Lattimore has been in operation since 1886. The town was named for an early settler.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Lattimore, 1886 to 1937

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1886Post officeThe Lattimore post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1905Post officeThe Lattimore post office closes
  5. 1937Born hereMartha Mason is born here
By decade

Lattimore, decade by decade

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Lattimore had its own post office from 1886 to 1905.

Lattimore
1886–1905
18801950today
1cemetery inside Lattimore
Lattimore Baptist Church

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Lattimore’s history

What year was Lattimore founded?

The Lattimore post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.